Hair-cutting and styling device



June 26 1951 M. S. GRANBERG HAIR-CUTTING AND STYLING DEVICE Filed April 29, 1948 JNVENTOR. MA RT/N S. GRANBERG ATTORNEYS Patented June 26, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HAIR-CUTTING AND STYLING DEVICE Martin S. Granberg, Philadelphia, Pa.

Application April 29, 1948, Serial No. 24,07

7 Claims. 1

This invention relates to a hair cutting and styling device. More particularly, the invention relates to a hair cutting and styling device which can be used by a woman to cut her own hair in any desired style without the aid or assistance of any other person.

Heretofore women have been unable to cut their own hair unaided except when they desire a very simple hair style such as, for example, when they desire to have their hair long and form it into a knot or bun on the back of the head. If a woman chose a more complicated and fashionable hair style involving having the hair of various sections of the head at different lengths, she was forced to go to a professional hair cutter since she was unable to determine the proper lengths at the appropriate sections of the head by herself unaided.

It is an object, therefore, of this invention to provide a device whereby a woman may cut and style her hair unaided.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a hair cutting device to which measurers of varying or adjustable length may be attached.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a hair cutting device having a measurer which may be varied in length.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a hair cutting device which requires a minimum of space for its storage.

These and other objects of this invention will become apparent upon reading the following description of an embodiment of the invention in conjunction with the drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a side perspective view of a womans head showing the hair cutting device secured thereto;

Figure 2 is a rear quarter perspective view of a womans head showing the hair cutting device secured thereto as in Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a front perspective View of a womans head showing the hair cutting device secured thereto in a position suitable for cutting a bang;

Figure 1 is a plan view of the hair cutting dev1ce;

Figure 5 is a partial view of the central ring showing the means for securing a strap thereto;

Figure 6 is a side view of three measuring devices; and

Figure 7 is a side view of a modified type of measuring device.

The hair cutting device 2 shown placed on a womans head in Figures 1, 2 and 3, has elliptically-shaped concentric rings 4, t and 3. The

ring 8 is larger than the ring 6 while, in turn, the ring 5 is larger than ring l. Each ring is molded from a plastic material and has, at uniformly spaced intervals, raised portions [9 on the out side of the ring. Alternatively, the rings ma be constructed of any suitable material, such as, for example, a metal such as aluminum or a copper wire covered with rubber. Where a metal is used to construct the rings, markings t take the place of the raised portions I0 may be made by indenting or cutting out a portion of the rin at the desired intervals. Irrespective of the material used, raised portions 10 may be made by clamping bands around the rings at the desired intervals.

Ring 6 is secured to ring 8 by a pair of elastic straps I2 which are passed around loops l4 and I6 and then sewed together at [3 and 26. Similarly rings 4 and B are secured together by a pair of elastic straps 22 which are passed through loops 24 and 26 and then sewed together at 28 and 30. The device is maintained secured in the desired position on the head by tying at 3| a pair of ribbons 32, each of which are passed around a loop 34 and then sewed at 35.

A measuring device 38 is adapted to be secured to a selected ring by means of a spring hook 4B. The measuring device 38 has a rubber covered wire 62 secured to a ring 44 attached to the spring hook 40. The total length of the measuring device may be varied, for example, by using a shorter wire 42' as shown in Figure 6. Alternatively, the measuring device may be shortened a predetermined amount by bending wire 42 back upon itself at a point indicated by a metal band 45 secured around Wire 42.

A modified measuring device 48 is shown in Figure 7. It has a pair of sister-hooks 50 and 52 which are pivoted at 5 3 in a well known manner such that friction will retain the hooks in the position selected for them. A measuring rod 56 is adapted to be telescoped into a tubular body 58. Rod 56 has a head which bears against the interior surface of the tube 58 and which, when the rod 56 is fully extended, abuts against ring 62. Rod 56 has indentations Ed at predetermined intervals in order that the user ma adjust the measuring device at a desired length merely by feeling the indentations with the hand.

It will be noted that the hair cutting device 2 may be secured in numerous differentpositions on the head depending on the style of hair which it is desired to achieve. When a feather cut or bangs are desired, the device is centered fairly well back on the head as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Assuming that a so-called feather cut is desired, the hair is pulled outwardly from a center and permitted to fall downwardly in a cartwheel manner well known to hairdressers. The hair cutting device 2 is next secured to the head by tying ribbons 32 together at 3|, the device havin been positioned so that the axis of the rings passes through the center about which the hair was arranged in cartwheel fashion.

It will be noted that the rings 4, 6 and 8 divide the head up into four zones, zone A lying above ring 4, zone B lying between rings 4 and 6, zone C lying between rings 6 and 8 and zone D lying below ring 8. The hair is now arranged so that one of it will lie underneath a ring. Thus, for example, any hair having its roots in zone B and lying under rings 4 or 6 is pulled free from these rings so that it falls outwardly from zon B and clear at all rings.

The user next proceeds to cut all of the hair to substantially the same length as follows: With a measurer 42 secured to ring 5 at a point about half way between a selected pair of adjacent raised portions l0, all of the hair in zone A which lies between the center of the ring and the selected pair of adjacent raised portions i0 is pulled out along the measurer which is then held in a substantially horizontal position and cut off at a point determined by the end of the measurer.

The measurer is then moved around to a position about half way between the next pair of raised portions l0 whereupon the hair lying between the center of ring 4 and these raised portions is pulled out and cut oil as before. This procedure is followed until the measuring device has travelled completely around the ring, thus cutting all of the hair in zone A. It should be noted that the measuring device must be disengaged from the ring and reengaged therewith in order to pass the loop 24.

The hair in zones B and C is cut in a similar manner by manipulating a measuring device 42 secured to rings 6 and 8, respectively. In these zones, the measuring device is again placed midway between adjacent raised portions and all of the hair lying between these raised portions and the next higher ring is pulled out and out 01f at a point determined by the end of the measuring device which is held substantially perpendicular to the head. The hair in zone D is in a similar manner out 01? at the desired length by the use of a measuring device secured to ring 8. By following the above procedure, the user will achieve a feather out if a suitably short length of hair is selected.

As shown in Figure 3, the hair cutting device in accordance with this invention may also be used to cut the front hair in a bang when that style is desired. The measuring device 33 is secured to ring 8 and together with the hair on the front of the head is pulled downwardly against the forehead. The hair is cut to the length indicated by the measurer. Similarly the hair on the back of the head may be cut into a bobbed length by shifting measuring device 38 to the back portion of ring 8 as shown in Figure 2.

From the above illustrations of the manner in which the device is used, it will be obvious that the device provides the means whereby a vast number of hair styles may be achieved by the user unaided. Most of the variations in stylin are achieved by the use of fixed cutting zones and varying the length of the hair inthe zones. Thus,

for example, if it were desired to achieve a massed cluster of curls, the procedure outlined for achieving the feather cut would be followed with the exception that the hair in zones A through D would be cut progressively shorter so as to permit massing of the curls.

It should be noted that applicant is not limited to the embodiment illustrated and described above, it being apparent that numerous modifications within the scope of this invention may be made.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, members connecting said rings and a measurer movably mounted on any selected ring.

2. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, elastic members connecting said rings and a measurer movably mounted on any selected ring.

3. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, each ring being connected to the next largest ring, means secured to one of the rings for securing the device to the head and a measurer movably mounted on any selected ring.

4. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, each ring being comiected to the next largest ring by elastic members, means secured to the largest ring for securing the device to the head and a measurer movably mounted on any selected ring.

5. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, elastic members connecting said rings and a measurer of adjustable length movably mounted on any selected ring.

6. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprising a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, each ring being connected to the next largest ring by elastic members, means secured to the largest ring for securing the device to the head and a measurer of adjustable length movably mounted on any selected ring.

7. A device adapted to be secured to the head for use in the cutting and styling of hair comprisin a plurality of spaced rings varying in size, each ring being connected to the next largest ring by elastic members, means secured to the largest ring for securing the device to the head, spaced raised portions on said rings and a measurer movably mounted on any selected ring.

MARTIN S. GRANBERG.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,176,880 Bleckman Oct. 24, 1939 2,347,587 Wiles Apr. 25, 1944 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 394,957 Germany Dec. 31, 1922 

